Resources for Voters

EAC maintains the National Mail Voter Registration Form, which voters can use to register to vote and update their registration information. The form is available in seven languages.

EAC also provides voter guides in 11 languages and a variety of links to helpful resources for voters relating to registration, military and overseas voting, accessibility, and volunteering as a poll worker.

Voting System Testing and Certification

HAVA mandates that EAC accredit voting system test laboratories and certify voting equipment, marking the first time the federal government has offered these services to the states.

EAC is committed to running the program in a transparent manner, releasing voting system test plans and reports for the public to review and posting detailed information about the voluntary voting system guidelines, program policies, and related correspondence.

Election Management Resources

One of EAC's top priorities is providing assistance to election officials. We do this by issuing guidance, advisories and best practices to help officials comply with the Help America Vote Act and make other election administration improvements and enhancements.

Payments and Grants

EAC administers federal funding to improve the administration of U.S. elections as authorized by the Help America Vote Act. The commission also manages discretionary, competitive grant programs authorized by HAVA, including the HAVA College Program to recruit college students to serve as poll workers and the HAVA Mock Election Program, which supports activities to educate secondary students in the electoral process.

Research

EAC is responsible under the Help America Vote Act for collecting information about election administration issues and sharing that information with Congress, election officials and the public.

This section contains completed research and reports commissioned by EAC, information about EAC research in progress, and additional elections research issued by other organizations. Datasets are also available to download.

National Voter Registration Act

Voters can use the National Mail Voter Registration Form to register to vote, update registration information due to a change of name, make a change of address, or register with a political party.

The National Form also contains voter registration rules and regulations for each state and territory. For more information about registering to vote, contact your state election office. Read our Frequently Asked Questions for more information about the national form.

Voting System Testing Update 9.4.12

from: Jessica Myers on
Sep 04, 2012

The EAC will post a “Voting System Testing Update” blog every Tuesday in an effort to keep everyone informed of the progress systems in the EAC’s Testing and Certification Program are making each week. We hope that this adds additional transparency to our process and allows stakeholders to get a weekly update about test campaigns that impact their jurisdiction.

Voting Systems under Test:

·Dominion Democracy Suite 4.9. Wyle is developing the draft Test Plan for this campaign and plans to submit it to the EAC in mid-September. Dominion prepared an amended application to correct version numbers for this system and will submit it in early September. If you would like to view documents related to this test campaign, please visit our website. Jessica Myers is the project manager on this test campaign.

·Dominion Sequoia WinEDS 4.0. EAC is in discussion with Dominion about the next steps in this test campaign. For documents related to this test campaign, please visit our website. Jessica Myers is the project manager on this test campaign.

·Election Systems & Software (ES&S) Unity 3.4.0.0. Wyle submitted the Test Report to the EAC on August 15, 2012. The EAC will respond with comments or Test Report approval by Thursday, September 13, 2012. ES&S For documents related to this test campaign, please visit our website. Jessica Myers is the project manager on this test campaign.

·Election Systems & Software (ES&S) EVS 5.0.0.0. Testing is on hold for this test campaign at this time. On August 13, 2012, ES&S submitted a revised application for the EVS 5.0.0.0 test campaign. This revision to the scope of testing removes modem functionality and the ExpressPoll from this test campaign. For documents related to this test campaign, please visit our website. Brian Hancock is the project manager on this test campaign.

If you would like more information about the certification process, please read Chapter 4 and 5 of the Testing and Certification Program Manual. If you have additional questions or would like additional information about a particular voting system, please email Jessica Myers at jmyers@eac.gov.

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